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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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Now that Graham’s gone, it’s only fitting that his imaginary grandma rest her bewigged skeleton in that great rocking chair in the sky.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

My grandma took me to like a K-Mart or something, and told me that I could get any movie that I wanted.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

I tell the story in the book of going to the grocery store with my grandma every weekend and it was owned by a local family.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

In the bond world that is grandma doing a backflip off the garage roof.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

“But what if I tell you about meeting your grandma and moving to the US?”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

These grandmas and grandpas aren’t like their own grandmas and grandpas.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

“We’re going to start a wall where customers can put up their own photos—of their grandmas, of course.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

"Be good when you get to the rainbow bridge, play with the older brothers and sisters, grandpas and grandmas from the neighbourhood," one user wrote.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

But I also wanted it to be — I know grandmas and kids are watching, and I wanted it to be funny too.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2025

Uncles, aunties, cousins, other grandmas, other grandpas, his mom, and Jason shared stories and pictures of Grandma in the Nazlini Chapter House after the interment.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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